[atlaw]

You and Johnnie need to get together on your talking points. Johnnie says the terminal operations at issue are so insignificant that the deal won't matter to security. You say the terminal operations at issue are so enormous that no American company can perform them.

Any story in a storm, eh?

[clawrence3]

I actually agree with MNJohnnie - I never said no American company "can" do the job - just that none do. What if making Halliburton or some other "approved" company that normally does not operate port terminals take over actually makes it EASIER for a terrorist attack? Then whose fault will that be?

Also, atlaw, did you see my hypothetical above - if 7-11 stores are O.K. for Arabs to own, how about gas stations?
Can Arabs sit in the front of buses anymore, or not? I really think we should not be painting such a broad brush against entire groups of people whom we need as allies in the war on terrorism.